diff --git a/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/QueryBuilder.pm b/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/QueryBuilder.pm
index c1011ecc1e..2b8db7e8ae 100644
--- a/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/QueryBuilder.pm
+++ b/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/QueryBuilder.pm
@@ -1007,7 +1007,13 @@ sub _fix_limit_special_cases {
             push @new_lim, 'onloan:false';
         }
         else {
-            push @new_lim, $l;
+            my ( $field, $term ) = $l =~ /^\s*([\w,-]*?):(.*)/;
+            if ( defined($field) && defined($term) ) {
+                push @new_lim, "$field:($term)";
+            }
+            else {
+                push @new_lim, $l;
+            }
         }
     }
     return \@new_lim;
diff --git a/t/db_dependent/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/QueryBuilder.t b/t/db_dependent/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/QueryBuilder.t
index 2295dc864b..c996f7ccc3 100644
--- a/t/db_dependent/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/QueryBuilder.t
+++ b/t/db_dependent/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/QueryBuilder.t
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ subtest 'build_authorities_query_compat() tests' => sub {
 };
 
 subtest 'build_query tests' => sub {
-    plan tests => 48;
+    plan tests => 50;
 
     my $qb;
 
@@ -467,6 +467,20 @@ subtest 'build_query tests' => sub {
         '(title:"donald duck")',
         "query of specific field is not added AND suppress:0"
     );
+
+    ( undef, $query ) = $qb->build_query_compat( ['AND'], ['title:"donald duck"'], undef, ['author:Dillinger Escaplan'] );
+    is(
+        $query->{query}{query_string}{query},
+        '(title:"donald duck") AND author:(Dillinger Escaplan)',
+        "Simplle query with limit's term in parentheses"
+    );
+
+    ( undef, $query ) = $qb->build_query_compat( ['AND'], ['title:"donald duck"'], undef, ['author:Dillinger Escaplan', 'itype:BOOK'] );
+    is(
+        $query->{query}{query_string}{query},
+        '(title:"donald duck") AND (author:(Dillinger Escaplan)) AND (itype:(BOOK))',
+        "Simplle query with each limit's term in parentheses"
+    );
     is($query_cgi, 'idx=&q=title%3A%22donald%20duck%22', 'query cgi');
     is($query_desc, 'title:"donald duck"', 'query desc ok');